Attention chicken owners in lower Wallingford (near Irwin’s): Twice within the last week a trio of hens has made themselves at home in my front yard, scratching and pecking for worms amongst my lovely (and now somewhat trampled) tulips and daffodils. I would love for these chickens to stay in their own yard. While I admire people who keep chickens, I am not one of them for a reason. And I don’t wish to have my yard play host to chickens of questionable morals. So I ask the following:

If you keep chickens near Bagley and 39th, please make sure that they can’t get out of your yard.

If you think these chickens could be yours (1 black and white, 1 reddish-orange and I think the third is white) please email me KimberlyChristensen@live.com to let me know how I can alert you that your chickens are in my yard.

If anyone has creative suggestions for dealing with chronically wayward poultry that doesn’t involve cruelty to the poor birds, I’d love to hear them.